Quotes from The Maltese Falcon (1931)
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Effie Perrine:
Sam, it's a gorgeous new customer.
Sam Spade: Gorgeous? Effie Perrine: A knockout. Sam Spade: Send her right in, honey. Effie Perrine: [to the off-screen customer] Will you step in, please? [Joel Cairo walks in.]
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Una Merkel
(as Effie Perine)
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The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Casper Gutman:
You are here, Mr. Spade, as Miss Wonderly's representative?
Sam Spade: No, I'm here looking out for myself.
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
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The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Casper Gutman:
You're a close-mouthed man, sir.
Sam Spade: No, I like to talk. Casper Gutman: We'll talk if you like. And I'll tell you right now that I'm a man who likes to talk to a man who likes to talk.
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Dudley Digges
(as Casper Gutman)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Sam Spade:
[Asking operator for telephone exchange] Berkeley double o seven.
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Sam Spade:
Come on in, precious.
Police Lt. Dundy: [walking in] Who were you expecting, darling? Sam Spade: You, sweetheart.
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Sam Spade:
Holy wars? I'll bet that was a great racket!
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Sam Spade:
Listen, Dundy, it's a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Sam Spade:
Say, what's on your mind beside your hat?
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Wilmer Cook:
Well, make him lay off me or I'll fog him and nothing'll stop me.
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Dwight Frye
(as Wilmer Cook)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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Ruth Wonderly:
I know I haven't any right to ask you to help me blindly. But I do ask it. Oh, be generous, Mr. Spade.
Sam Spade: You won't need much of anybody's help. You're pretty good. As a matter of fact, you're very good. It's chiefly your eyes, I think, and the throb you get in your voice when you say, "Oh, be generous, Mr. Spade."
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Ricardo Cortez
(as Sam Spade)
in
The Maltese Falcon
(1931)
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